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A Trump supporters tries to tear a banner that reads "Trump lies all the time" outside New York Criminal Court ahead of former President Donald Trump's arraignment on April 4, 2023.
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'DOJ really needs to bite the bullet': Weissmann on federally prosecuting Trump

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It took Trump less than a day to defy the judge in his trial

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Marjorie Taylor Greene likens Trump to Nelson Mandela and Jesus

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Former President Donald Trump disembarks his airplane in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 22, 2023.
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Photo Illustration: Donald Trump and Alvin Bragg

modus operandi

Trump's leaning on his racist playbook. Will it still work?

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., at the Capitol on June 24, 2022.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland takes questions on March 7, 2023, at the Justice Department.

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Michael A. Cohen
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Photo illustration of Ozempic injectables; and their shapes forming cut outs over the profile of a woman's face.

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Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023.

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5 reasons why a Georgia indictment could be far worse for Trump than New York

Dennis Aftergut
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during an early vote rally on Nov. 1, 2022.

WHAT'S OLD IS NEW

GOP Gov. Youngkin decides he's the judge and jury of who gets to vote in Virginia

Jarvis DeBerry
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Newly elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (off frame) swears in the members of the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2023. - Kevin McCarthy's election to his dream job of speaker of the US House of Representatives was secured through a mix of bombproof ambition, a talent for cutting deals and a proven track record of getting Republicans what they need. He only won election as speaker after they forced him to endure 15 rounds of voting -- a torrid spectacle unseen in the US Capitol since 1859. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

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A woman places flowers in front of a gate that has been converted into a memorial outside a Mexican immigration detention center

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Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on March 29, 2023.

mo money mo problems?

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Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, at the Capitol on Sept 29, 2022.

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